He's represented by the best agent in the history of baseball".
In the minds of many people he is the most successful revenue agent in the history of a state that has always been enormously productive of moonshine.
Let's begin three years ago with the decision by Alex Rodriguez to sign with the Texas Rangers as the most expensive free agent in the history of sports.
Assuming Manning is healthy -- and that may be the biggest "if" of this entire discussion -- he may be the most attractive free agent in the history of football.
Mr. Balawi proved to be one of the oddest double agents in the history of espionage, choosing to kill his American contacts at their first meeting, rather than establish regular communication to glean what the C.I.A. did — and did not — know about Al Qaeda and then report back to the network's leaders.
Leigh Steinberg, the real-life inspiration for the title character in the film Jerry Maguire, is one of the most successful agents in the history of American sports.
Sixteen seasons after Bonds joined the Giants as the most heralded free agent in team history, the Giants cleared a locker for Aaron Rowand, the outfielder signed to a five-year, $60 million contract in the off-season.
Like possessed, bug-eyed shoppers on Black Friday, N.B.A. executives are gathering for a mad dash at James, who in 17 months could become the most coveted free agent in modern history: the biggest toy under the tallest tree.
"You could fairly say that Max and Maria have the most successful agent-player relationship in the history of the game," said Andrew Walker, the chief marketing officer for the WTA.
He viewed the Liberal Party as an important agent in Norwegian history, since it pronounced the rights of the farmers, but he now viewed the working class as the next class to be included in the political life, and specifically through the Labor Party.
At the end of the 2009 10 season, James became arguably the most sought-after free agent in NBA history when his contract with the Cavaliers expired, and he began a prolonged courtship process with a number of teams that had in some cases been planning for his free agency for over two years.
